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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.68
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Verdure with Birds
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
tapestry
Date
first quarter 18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Lille
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214780

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Textile fibers
Dimensions
317.5 x 645.2 cm (125 x 254 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Bernheimer-Haus, Munich], sold; to Charles A. Coolidge, 1911, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1936

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Coolidge, Esq., Class of 1881
Accession Year
1936
Object Number
1936.68
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Centrally woven with peacocks, parrots and cranes before a classical landscape. In subject and period, it relates to the Fogg's two Aubusson 'chinoiserie' tapestries (1960.3, 1953.113), but here, despite the exotic birds, the landscape and architecture are distinctly European. This tapestry was most likely manufactured in Lille, a city with a distinguished tradition of high-warp manufacture. Many of the important weavers who resided there were of Flemish origin, which explains the stylistic similarities between this tapestry and Flemish verdures. The borders are simulated gold frames with scallop shell ornamentation at the corners.

Publication History

  • "Cambridge: Late Flemish Tapestry for Fogg.", Art News (January 9, 1937), p. 22

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